From Severe Poverty to Self-Reliant in Liberia
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In Liberia, nearly 84% of
In Liberia, nearly 84% of families live on less than US$1.25 a day, and 47% of households are food insecure. This is due in part to a 14-year civil war (1989–2003) that crippled national infrastructure and basic social services.
Elder S. Gifford Nielsen and Elder Alfred Kyungu of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joined World Food Program USA President and CEO Barron Segar to observe the home-grown school feeding program supported by WFP, and took some time to assist in serving meals to school children in Careysburg, Liberia in mid-January 2024.
The convoy of WFP and Church leaders also visited rural communities in neighboring Bongo County, where some 750 farmers and their families are learning to be self-sufficient at the Margbeh Farmers’ Cooperative.
Elder S. Gifford Nielsen and Elder Alfred Kyungu of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joined World Food Program USA President and CEO Barron Segar to observe the home-grown school feeding program supported by WFP, and took some time to assist in serving meals to school children in Careysburg, Liberia in mid-January 2024.
The convoy of WFP and Church leaders also visited rural communities in neighboring Bongo County, where some 750 farmers and their families are learning to be self-sufficient at the Margbeh Farmers’ Cooperative.
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